Sealing device.



W. K. EDGAR. I

SEALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.6,1912.

1,064,462. Patented June 10, 1913.

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KERR EDGAR, OF IOLA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOB TO THE METAL CAB SEAL @OMPANY, OF LA'WRENCE, KANSAS.

SEALING-DEVICE.

Specification ofLettersPatent.

a'tented June 10, 1913.

Atnplication filed March'6,l812. Serial No. 682.065.

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' Be itlrnow-n that I, XVILIn-AM KERR Ens-nit,

u citizen of the United States, residing at loin. in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented certain :new and usein] improvements in Sealing" Devices, of

companying drawings, .18 1a specification.

My invention relates generally to devices.

"for settling shipping, storage, and other reor some similaroentrivence,but particularly to devices for sealing the rtustenings of 1111 freight cars; and "has for its obgects,

t-e'risil that. cnn be easily and cheaply unanw is tured-g, upon which can be ',legi bly stamped .or impressed such letters, siigures, or other charaot'iers'of distinction and Mom;

titicstionas may be desired; that can be easily and quickly applied :with the'hands only, same being here or loved;'that can not :be :misapplied; that will bind and lock in the recess of application; that will not ihresln oosen or become dislodged of its own or the cursme-tion, bumping or olt1ng,-but

will remain intact. until disturbed by some human itgency; that can readily be removed with the hands only, and which will drop :i-llallt on heing'hroken, but which cannot be "removed or unsealed, even unlocked without being destroyed; and that cannot be lily repaired or replaced, thus rendering s reuse of the seal impossible, and all .tsrn ieringtherewith readily. detectable. I :61! these objects by .a device which consisl, e1. a. single strip of iron or steel, or other suit-able metal or material, of such character, 1

quality,ntemper, size and Weight as to be, at once, relatively rigid, bendable, and breakable, said strip being weakened. b 7 partial severance at two or more spaced points along its len 'th, so as to render some readilyhendubie, localize the strain of the bends,

and insure complete severance on being bent thereat through considerable. angles, and eubsequently straightened or rebcnt, and.

same having :t notched or T-like tongue or head and shoulders at one end, end a T-like opening or slot, flanked by an apron or shut i-hcretofore, been granted to me,

tides and containers which are closed with door or hd, and ilztste'ned with hasp and staple, or hasp, staple and locking-pm,

ter, rat the other, adapted to admit, engage and secure said tongue or head on the strip being bent into-an angularloop. This idea, as applied to seals, of weakening ,astrip of material by partial severance at certain points, for the purposes aforesaid, is not new, Letters Patent therefor havi indeed,

ifoide No,

985,019). 'But what'js distinctly and es sentially mew both in-conception and em- Z'bodnnent, is my method of engaging the otherwise 'free ends of the seal and-securing or locking same.

Referring to the drawings, Figure '1 is a perspective view, approximately actual size, ofrt-he device ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same inserted in the key-hole of an ordinary locking-pin, bent into a triangular loop, end having the ends engaged. Fig. 3 represents the device, bearing letters and figures of identification, in

,plnce in a locking-pin, and locked. Figs, 4, 5,-6, Tend 8 show other possible methods of locking same; while .Fig. :9 represents a modification of the device which is a substantial equivalent, and Figs; 10 and 11 shovv some of its possible lockings.-.

Similar letters refer ato similar parts throughoutthe various views.

The device is stamped out of a 'strip of iron :or steel, or other suitable metal or material, and hasat one end :1 tongue or head, A, a neck, B, and shoulders, C; and at the other, an pening o'r slot consisting of the combinat' n of a longitudinal opening or throat, Ill, and a. transverse opening or mouth, E, flanked by an apron or shutter, F, all adapted to receive, engage and secure said tongue "or head, the parts being of such relative size as not only to permit ofeasy insertion and engagement, but .10 insure parting on the seal being severed at any point along its length between said head and slot At the extremes oi the mouth, E, the strip is provided with means in the form of minute notches H, to insure breaking on be ing bent through a considerable angle and subsequently straightened or rebent; and at the points, G, in one of the edges-of the strip, and dividing it; into three segments,- so as to render it readily bendable into approximately an equilateral or isosceles triangle, localize the strain of the bends, and

insure breaking on being straightened or rebent, the-strip is partially severed by rele- 

